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And now for the story!

Chapter Two

'Pregnant..!?'

Inuyasha couldn't even begin to imagine what was going on. Why the hell would she tell him that? Kagome couldn't... Kagome couldn't be pregnant! But there was no mistaking it: she was crying almost hysterically into his chest, gripping his fire rat kimono as hard as she could. His face softened, thinking that she must be kidding, or something must have scared her to make her this upset. She couldn't be pregnant.

Leading her towards the bank, Inuyasha whispered to her, slightly fearful of the answer, "What do you mean...pregnant?"

As he sat down beside her, Kagome looked up at him with her eyes shining brightly with unshed tears and gave him the evidence that she had.

"I...I have been sick...almost constantly for the past week or so," she choked out, hiccupping slightly as more tears came cascading down her cheeks. "I haven't gotten my..." At this she blushed hoping he knew what she meant. Inuyasha blushed too, and just nodded when she looked up at him beseechingly.

"But...Kagome...that doesn't mean – damn! It... it could be just coincidence that that is happening!" Inuyasha said desperately, trying to get his emotions under control as they sat there. If in fact she was pregnant, he was going to rip the bastard who did this to her to pieces. After all, she was his! He began to growl softly, not noticing at all, when he clutched her closer.

"Inuyasha...there's...something else..." she whispered, avoiding his eye contact. "I didn't want you to know earlier when it happened, because you would just go crazy when you found out. Promise me you won't if I tell you now?" She had turned to look at him, her eyes gazing into his, begging him to agree.

"Fine," he gruffly said, "I won't go – what did you say? – crazy." He rolled his eyes at last part. What did she think he was, a psycho? "Now tell me." He looked at her with his intense golden eyes, willing her to trust him. She looked away from that gaze, believing that he wouldn't keep his promise when she told him what had happened.

With a sigh, she began recounting what had happened almost a month earlier...

"Oh, Kagome, I forgot something back at the camp! Will you be alright if I go and get it quickly?" the demon exterminator exclaimed to Kagome while wringing out her long hair into the water of the hot spring. The girls had decided that since they had the chance, they were going to bask in the hot water, no matter what Inuyasha was grumbling on about.

"Sure Sango! I'm sure I can take care of myself for a few measly minutes. I don't know why Inuyasha gets so uptight when you don't come with me here! I mean, what's his problem?" Kagome ranted, as she wrapped a towel around her lithe form, also wringing the water from her hair before settling it back upon her neck. "The next time he or Miroku are caught spying, with the excuse that they were 'only looking out for our safety', I'm going to sit Inuyasha and bind Miroku with a command as well!"

"Oh you know Inuyasha," Sango giggled, thinking of how the monk would dislike the idea of a rosary around his neck. Kagome would be able to command him to do something whenever he became perverted! Sango sighed at this thought. It would be so much easier to deal with him if that was the case...

Shrugging into her kimono quickly she figured that if she ventured back to camp in just a towel, the monk would have a field day and that wouldn't do at all. He would make some sort of lecherous comment and make her hit him again. She was sure of it! "He's always over protective and afraid that that wolf will take you away without his permission, that's all Kagome."

"Like I needed it," Kagome said as she gave an unladylike snort, rolling her eyes. 'He's a complete idiot anyways when it comes to love' she thought, smiling and waving goodbye at Sango as she entered the woods that led back to their camp. 'When will he ever learn that I truly don't have any feelings for Kouga? That I only have feelings for – Oh stop that Kagome!' she thought as she gave herself a mental shake. 'He doesn't feel the same way anyways towards me. After all he's got Kikyo.' Bitterness flooded into her as she thought about the half dead priestess who captured the half-demon's attention at every moment possible. That was probably where he had wandered off tonight anyways.

Walking towards the rocky division between the two hot springs, Kagome thought she could hear the distant slap and scream of 'Hentai!' She knew what was going on right now. Miroku would be lying knocked out on the ground because he had either said something inappropriate or let his hands wander where they shouldn't have. Wading onwards to the small waterfall that flowed into the hot spring, she giggled at the thought. When would those two ever get past their nervousness and just confess their feelings to one another? She sighed. She was one to talk; she and Inuyasha still hadn't...

Suddenly Kagome was whipped around and pushed forcefully against the rocky face beside the water fall. Staring into cold blue eyes, all Kagome could do was gasp as Kouga caught her mouth up in a passionate, forceful kiss.

"K-Kouga! W-what are you doing?" she cried as he stripped her of her towel, leaving her body bared in front of him. She tried to cross her arms to hide herself from his view, but he forced her hands away and pinned her down. She tried to struggle out of his grip, but it was useless; he was too strong for her.

"I can't take it anymore!" he whispered hoarsely to her, taking in the sight of her pale, gorgeous body. His eyes lingered over her chest as he continued on, "You're my woman Kagome, and I am going to make sure that no one will ever doubt that again!" His eyes glanced up at her eyes full of fear and he shot her a cocky grin before smothering her with his body.

She struggled as hard as she could, but nothing would make him get off of her. She was stuck unable to move as he wrenched open her legs and forced himself inside of her. She nearly screamed with the pain of the sudden intrusion, but bit her lip until it bled, not letting him have the satisfaction of hearing her pain. She almost passed out with the harmful ache of him moving inside of her when it was suddenly over.

Letting go of her, he stood up and made himself ready for travel again. She slumped against the rocks sitting half in the water. He looked like the same Kouga as ever, but a small change had occurred: his eyes held triumph because for once he had one over the mutt.

"I'll be back in about month, depending on where mutt face has dragged you. If my seed hasn't taken by then, we'll go through this again, just to make sure. After all we wouldn't want the mutt to get any ideas would we now?" He grinned, thinking that when Inuyasha found out, he would enjoy the show.

"Bye Kagome!" he called to her as he sped away, in a whirlwind of choking dust.

Kagome just sat there, where she had dropped, dazed. Could... could that have really just happened? Had Kouga really have... raped her? Her mind couldn't believe it but her aching, bruised body told her otherwise.

Slowly getting up, flinching as her muscles screamed in agony, she found her soap and scrubbed her skin quickly until it was raw. She wanted to get the feel and smell of him off of her. A tear slowly trickled down her cheek. It wasn't supposed to go that way. A girl's first time was supposed to be enjoyable, exciting. It was supposed to be pleasurable. It wasn't supposed to make her cry! Shaking herself inside for the second time that day, Kagome dressed and gathered her things.

As soon as she could she was going home for a couple of days, so as to soak in the tub and cry her heart out. No one could know of this...especially not Inuyasha who would as soon as he found out, take off after the wolf and beat the crap out of him. Plus, how would she explain it back home, where they had no demons? 'No, Inuyasha definitely couldn't find out about this' she mused as she headed through the woods back to camp to ask Sango if she could use Kilala for a little bit.

Kagome hiccupped softly as she finished her story. Tears began to slide down her cheeks again as she thought over and over about what Kouga had done to her. She couldn't get it out of her mind, no matter what she tried. Those few days she had spent at home sure hadn't erased this terrible memory. She glanced over at the hanyou. His features were screwed into a confusing expression. She couldn't tell what he was thinking for once.

Inuyasha was speechless. Literally. He couldn't think of anything to say to Kagome. Not a single comforting word could enter his head. He was too busy focusing on keeping his body in that same position, for he was afraid that if he moved, he would jump into flight to find the stinkin' wolf and kill him. His youkai was fighting to get loose so that it could tear Kouga to little itty bitty pieces. How dare he lay a single finger on Kagome that caused her pain! How dare he lay a finger on her period!

Kagome glanced over at Inuyasha again as he began to growl deep in his throat. It was the most terrifying sound that she had ever heard, even though she knew it wasn't directed towards her.

"Inu... Inuyasha?" she whispered, placing a hand on his shoulder softly. What was wrong with him? If she had told him this before, after it had happened, he would have left without a single glance back to kill Kouga! But now – now he was just growling and staring down at the dirt with a murderous expression upon his face.

Her voice got through to him, and he silenced his inner youkai quickly. Hell he was mad! He was ready to rip every single male in sight to pieces if he didn't get to Kouga soon enough. But he knew that Kagome would never allow him to do that. He would be punished severely with 'it'.

He looked over at her when he was calmer, to see her looking at him with confusion. He grew irritated. 'Why the hell is she looking at me like that?' he thought, frowning slightly.

When his face shifted into a frown, while looking at her, she knew that he was thinking about her. It could only be her that he was thinking about with that small frown playing across his features. Suddenly it looked like an idea dawned upon him as he dragged her closer and took a huge inhalation of her...her what, she didn't know.

He had it. Her scent would have changed if she was pregnant, even if she was only a couple of weeks along. He could confirm her story and check to see if the wolf – damn him to hell and back! – was the father. He dragged her closer and took a sniff.

"Inuyasha, what are you doing?" Kagome squeaked. He was holding her pretty close and she wasn't sure what was going on. Why was he sniffing her?

"I'm checking to see if you are what you say you are and if Kouga is the pup's father, wench," he all but growled at her. He was frustrated. There was no smell of wolf demon in her scent, but she was definitely pregnant. And the pup was definitely part youkai. He couldn't tell for certain what kind of youkai at the moment anyways.

Kagome's eyes widened as what he said sunk in. They... they could do that? Demons could tell when a female was pregnant and who the father was? She involuntarily gasped, as she realized Inuyasha could tell her, and then she would be able to either give up on her situation if Kouga was in fact the father, or be flooded with relief. "What is it?" she whispered, her eyes widening in anticipation and fear of what the answer would be.

Inuyasha sighed, and turned to look at her in the eyes. "You're most definitely pregnant," he stated with no emotion whatsoever. Even his eyes had stopped being as transparent as usual. Kagome paled as she took this in. Was... was the news bad? She gulped as he continued, "There is no presence of wolf demon though, but there is definitely some sort of demon blood present." Inuyasha looked as puzzled as she felt.

"You...You mean that Kouga isn't the father? That this... this baby isn't his!?" Kagome cried out at Inuyasha, her face flushing red quickly. Inuyasha's ears drooped slightly at this reaction. She... she wanted Kouga to be the father? Even though he raped her? How, how could she think that even after what she went through? His ears sunk lower with each passing thought.

He was caught out of his thoughts when an excited Kagome threw herself at him, knocking him over.

"Oh thank GOD!" she almost screamed, relief pouring into her body almost at once. The news was too good to be true. "I don't think I could have standed it if he was the father!" She almost laughed in pleasure at the thought that she wouldn't have to leave the group, and more importantly, Inuyasha.

Inuyasha's ears perked up almost at once when he heard this. She didn't want to leave him. She didn't want to bear Kouga's pup. He was so overjoyed that he swept her into a hug, enjoying the feeling while it lasted.

But... who was the father if it wasn't Kouga?

Kagome seemed to have thought of this as well, and pulled away from Inuyasha blushing fiercely. Her hands were balled into fists on top of her legs, as she stared at them.

Inuyasha placed a hand on her shoulder. "Kagome... who... do... is there any other..." he appeared to be searching for the correct word. "...incident... that you can think of that would have caused this - this -" he began, and finished by waving his hands around in frustration.

He almost couldn't hear her as she whispered, "Only one other, Inuyasha..."